Ossie Clark (model on the right is a young Anjelica Huston)
Once upon a time, Miss Selfridge used to stock clothes by the likes of Ossie Clark, Thea Porter and Gina Fratini… If only t’were still the case!
The Ossie advert is scanned from Cosmopolitan, May 1972, the Thea Porter and Gina Fratini ones are from April 1972.
Thea Porter
Gina Fratini
Scanned from Vogue, June 1976
Scanned from Vogue, June 1969
Bless. I love the idea of mail order punks, especially amusing given that this advertisement is scanned from the back of a copy of Smash Hits. Having said that though, I would dearly love one of those Adam and the Ants t-shirts. Show me the way to the time travelling postbox please!
Scanned from Smash Hits, June 1980.
Scanned from Honey, April 1970
By Tom Staebler. Scanned from ‘Hot Shoe’ photography magazine, November 1979
I can’t help but have a sneaking respect for the blatant ‘sex sells camera equipment’ attitude inside the pages of this Hot Shoe magazine from 1979. This one features a shot originally from Playboy Magazine. Phew! Shame the whole pink satin bedsheet dress thing never took off, isn’t it?
I really would love to know if anyone ever bothered to do this!
Viyella at Austin Reed advert scanned from The Sunday Times Magazine, September 17th 1967.
Scanned from Vogue, April 1973
I’ve always wondered if the joy of having a sex-ay round bed would be totally outweighed by the task of attempting to make it up? If you can even buy sheets and duvets specifically for a round bed? I fear I may never find out…
Scanned from Vogue, April 1973
Scanned from Honey, October 1968.
Such a lovely illustration and such sweetly innocent underwear-naming too. Ahhh, if only you got an “E.P. record” with all bra purchases these days…
Liz Eggleston 